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St Patrick's Cathedral, Cashel, Co Tipperary, interior - north transept, west elevation, window (detail)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of lancet window in west elevation of north transept surmounted by corbels. Hood moulding is treated with an ogee and foliate label stops. Rere - arch of window treated with bell capitals with nailhead ornament and engaged shafts sitting within a shallow hollow.
St Patrick's Cathedral, Cashel, Co Tipperary, interior - window (detail)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of rere - arch of lancet window treated with an angle shaft flanked by hollows surmounted by a stiff - leaf bell capital, in turn supporting moulded arch and hood. Arch and hood moulded with hollows, rolls and roll - and - fillets. Hood terminates in label stop comprised of a ball of stiff - leaf foliage.
St Patrick's Cathedral, Cashel, Co Tipperary, interior - north transept, north elevation, lancet windows (detail)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of the junction between the rere - arches of two (of three) deeply splayed lancet windows in the north elevation of the north transept. The arches have a stiff - leaf foliage label stop, moulded bell capital and roll - and - fillet arch mouldings. The curve of the right hand arch, which is the central one of…
St Patrick's Cathedral, Cashel, Co Tipperary, interior - lancet window rere - arch (detail)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Rere - arch of deeply splayed lancet window. The arris is treated with an engaged shaft set in a hollow topped with a stiff - leaf bell capital. The arch above is moulded with roll and fillets. The hood has an ogee - like moulding of a roll and hollow with a stop formed of a head in the guise of a king.
Hore Abbey, Cashel, Co Tipperary, exterior - view from the north - east
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Hore Abbey viewed from the north - east showing east end with triple lancets and corner buttresses; remains of the chapter house are present in the north - facing cloister which is the only example of this layout in Irish Cistercian architecture.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - nave, south - west crossing pier
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of the south - west crossing pier. Diamond - shaped in plan, the pier has large filleted shafts and bases with elongated bells on the diagonal face. Moulding style is similar to fourteenth - century work in the south transept suggesting they were constructed concurrently. Substantial form of the pier suggests it…
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - north nave arcade, pier fragments
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of north arcade showing fragments of various piers. One with octagonal chamfered base and vertical double - ogee mouldings resting on a high chamfered plinth of late Gothic type. Another fragment is a filleted shaft with a base set on a high round plinth. The final fragment is a vertical filleted angle - shaft…
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - east end presbytery, north elevation, stringcourse (detail)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of east end of presbytery showing corner of north and east elevations with a stringcourse moulded with roll - and - fillet moulded and upper hollow.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, exterior - cloister arcade (south side)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Reconstructed section of the south side of the cloister viewed from the south west showing arcade of twin colonettes composed of twin, round en délit shafts and scalloped capitals surmounted by round arches.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, exterior - cloister arcade (south side)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Reconstructed section of the south side of the cloister showing arcade of twin colonettes of round en délit shafts and scalloped capitals supporting round arches.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo capital and vault rib
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior of the lavabo showing capital with acanthus foliate carving, stringcourse and vault rib.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, exterior - west end, crypt
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Exterior view of crypt from the west showing stone access steps to the nave. West elevation shows four small windows, previously each had a cruciform grille. The crypt is composed of a main chamber accessed from the nave by stone steps. It gives onto a roughly square - planned room under the west bay of the north aisle…
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, Collon, County Louth - interior, west end - crypt
Photograph by Roger Stalley. West - end crypt viewed from the south. The rectangular main chamber is accessed via stone steps and is lit by four small windows in the west wall, each had a cruciform grille. A doorway leads from this main chamber to a roughly square - planned room under the west bay of the north aisle. It receives no direct lighting.…
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - north nave arcade, pier base
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Fragment of octagonal pier in north arcade. Chamfered base rests on rubble masonry.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - presbytery east end, north elevation, tomb recess & stringcourse
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of north elevation of extended east end presbytery showing tomb recess and stringcourse. Recess has water - holding base (endélit shaft missing) and mouldings with vertical line of dogtooth ornament. A small segment of roll - and - fillet moulded stringcourse is also visible at the angle of the north and east…
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, Collon, County Louth, interior - north transept chapel, pier respond
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of north transept showing north pier respond of south - eastern transept chapel. Roll - and - fillet arch mouldings rest on water - holding bases on a chamfered plinth.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, exterior - lavabo, arch and capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of lavabo arch and capital. The damaged capital shows remains of affronted winged birds or hybrids. The abacus is plan. The string - course above the capital is broken. The soffit is moulded with a triplet of roll - and - fillets, each separated by a fillet. The soffit rolls are separated from the outer orders by a…
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Capital of the lavabo showing acanthus foliate carving with decorative drill holes below. Capital is surmounted by a roll - and - fillet abacus; round shaft of the jamb is missing but others visible in background.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital and vault rib
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior of the lavabo showing twin round shafts separated by an arris fillet and a stringcourse at abacus height; the acanthus carved bell capital is the springing point for a vault rib.